Soundscape is defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the “acoustic environment as perceived or experienced and/or understood by a person or people,…
In 1895, when the young physicist Wallace Clement Sabine examined the reverberation time of a lecture hall on Harvard’s campus, the science of architectural acoustics…
The earliest known reference to the technology of acoustic vessels is found in Marcus Vitruvius Pollio’s fifth book of the Ten Books on Architecture, in the…
Annie Goh, Elías Gálvez-Arango, Brian Morris, Alexa Romano, Samantha Turley, Sophia Colello, William Penniman, Jack Boffa, Celine Wang, Gregory Depaul, & Kevin Keene In this…
Textile factory owner Jacques Meyer meant well when he commissioned the construction of Meyershof, one of Berlin’s largest Mietskasernen (civil rental barracks or tenements), in…
Dr. Sabine von Fischer is an architect, architectural critic, historian, and writer based in Zürich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the interconnections of acoustics, sound,…
Presented with the preceding image, and the observation that the acoustics within the large structures are “superb,” what would you conclude about the original use…
Few institutions prominently feature sound recordings of architectural spaces directly. Archives may include audio/visual materials that offer sources of study, such as descriptions of built…
Pamela Jordan is a registered architect (LEED AP) who uses acoustic methodologies to analyze built environments, such as ancient sanctuaries, places of worship, military installations, infrastructural…
